•Obafemi Awolowo University main gate Clinical lecturers at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association (MDCAN), are set to begin industrial action over non-payment of salary. The leadership of MDCAN in a statement yesterday said the strike followed a 21-day ...
•Kwara State University main gate The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not be conducting admissions for the law programme in some selected universities where the Council of Legal Education (CLE) has suspended the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme for the 2025/2026 academic session. This was contained in a statement ...
Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in Osun State, have rejected what they described as ‘Academic abnormalities,’ calling on the university management to end early morning, late-night and Saturday classes. The Students’ Representative Council (SRC), in a statement, said its commitment to upholding the welfare and overall ...
Again, some lawmakers in the National Assembly have set up a bribery scheme targeting federal universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. Lawmakers are using intimidation and threats to force the heads of universities to pay N8 million each to approve their allocations in the 2025 budgets, reports PREMIUM TIMES. This newspaper...
•Pupils The federal government has announced the addition of hairstyling, plumbing, GSM repair, makeup and 12 other new trades/new subjects to the basic education curriculum. The development comes following ongoing reforms in various sectors of the economy, reports Channels TV. A statement issued by the National Orientation Agency (NOA), said ...
At least, 40 professors are jostling for the Vice Chancellor’s office at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN. Among the contenders are Professor Malachy Okwueze, who was former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University and former Deputy Chief of Staff to a former governor of Enugu State. Others include two current Deputy Vice Chancellors of ...
•The accident scene A prospective Corps member lost her life en route to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The deceased was among a group of 12 prospective corps members who boarded a 14-seater bus to their destination, reports Daily Trust. It was learnt that […]
•Youth Corps members in camp As the final batch of the 2024 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) three-week orientation programme kicks off, prospective corps members are bracing for the experience. In a bid to ensure a hitch-free relocation, our correspondent has obtained and published the addresses of all NYSC orientation camps across the 36 ...
Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) staged a peaceful protest today over an unresolved power outage at the University College Hospital (UCH), the medical arm of the institution. The UCH has been experiencing a power outage for the past 82 days, reports Nigerian Tribune. The situation, as reliably gathered, is traceable to a substantial [...
•JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede The sacked deputy director of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Yisa Usman, has said that he was determined to expose corruption in the board irrespective of the threat and intimidation against him. Usman told Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, Abuja...

